By applying data analytics and taking a holistic approach to how medications are prescribed, delivered and consumed, payers and pharmacy benefit managers can do more to control costs while ensuring patients get the high-quality care they deserve.

In the most recent edition of our report, Super Spending: U.S. Trends in High-Cost Medication Use, we learned that nearly 0.3% of members in our analysis had annual medication costs at or greater than $50,000 in 2016, a 35% increase from 2014 when we last looked at this population in depth.